S&W M&P wut

The AEK Trigger is an enhanced trigger for the Smith & Wesson M&P Pistols, reducing trigger pre-travel and over travel by approximately 20%. Unintended operation of the trigger is prevented by the Center Mounted Pivoting Safety bar. This bar creates a block that will not disengage unless the shooter places their finger directly on the trigger face. The flat, smooth face of the trigger encourages the shooter to place their finger on the center line of the trigger, ensuring trigger manipulation directly in line with the bore axis. Included Trigger Return Spring Installation Slave Pin aids in the reinstallation of the trigger return spring.

And you didn’t buy a Glock because … ?

Posted by pdb on Saturday, September 22, 2012, at 8:47 am.Filed under Funny, Guns!, Pistols.Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed.Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

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And the trigger in the middle of the trigger here gets out of your way when you put your finger on it rather than dig in like a remora on a shark. Plus, the trigger is aluminum and much more substantial which to me is an improvement.

This is all subjective though. My Glock shoots fine too, but the more I shoot the M&P the less I care to even take the Glock out of the holster. It fits my hand better, I get on target faster with it, and the Apex mods have turned it into a pretty sweet trigger too.

Warning – Above opinion may not match yours and should not be construed as any argument calling you an idiot for buying a [insert any random brand of any random item here] rather than [insert any other random brand of same item here].

Because I’m a pretty, pretty princess who can’t shoot a gun unless it fits my hand just so. Also, I’m driven by marketing and internet fanboyism, so since S&W doesn’t advertise the Walther PPQ, I’m not aware that there’s a gun that comes out of the box with all the princess features and a trigger that’s better than either a Glock competition trigger or an M&P with all the optional extras.

Amusingly enough, Walther has set up their own importing office and will no longer have to rely on S&W for the marketing of the PPQ. I hope they can do better with QC, service and support on that model.

Since when is a good trigger a princess feature? It’s only the most important thing on a gun. I mean, after that whole successfully-containing-tens-of-thousands-of-PSI thing. Now, I like practicing with a DAO more than the next guy. Keeps me from getting lazy. But if I was just going to own and carry one, (shudder) and a crisp, short trigger is available, why not?

Yeah, I don’t buy shit guns. I have shot them enough to know I don’t like them. In addition to all the other problems, my sausage-like finger also gets stabbed by the bottom of that forward-facing bottom section of the trigger. (To be fair, I have the same problem with a STI GP5/GP6, which is otherwise pretty decent.) I imagine people using gloves probably get hung up that way too. (Really great idea on a LE handgun there, fellas!) Since I didn’t want to spend twice the production cost of the gun on modifications, I figured I’d just stick with this old 2-pin Glock 19 here on my hip.

It really is kinda’ cute watching other companies try to catch up to a design that’s 30 years old. That’s one of the reasons I’m so delighted by the PPQ. It’s the first Glock-a-like to come along that didn’t screw up something else (often a lot of somethings) in the process of improving on “Perfection”. I wouldn’t have thought it would be so hard, but apparently it is. So when someone gets it right, it’s worth celebrating.